Last updated on March 12th, 2018 at 04:38 pm
This Japanese Cheesecake is super light and fluffy and will melt in your mouth! A delicious, but lighter version of a traditional cheesecake.
I am the biggest cheesecake fan there is and I’ve been dying to try this Japanese cheesecake. I’m so glad I made it, if you love cheesecake, then this will be your next favorite cheesecake. This cheesecake is so light, and fluffy, it’s out of this world. It’s not dense at all like your regular cheesecake, however, it’s a bit of a pain to make. Totally worth it though!
When my husband and I first got married, he used to love cheesecakes so every opportunity I got I either made cheesecake or bought different kinds of cheesecakes. Surely not long after, he started getting tired of cheesecake and wouldn’t want to touch it. So usually when I make cheesecake he hardly ever touches it, except this time. I enticed him into trying a bit, and so he did. Well that’s all it took.
He loved this cheesecake. He ate more than half of it. Not in one sitting, but two. He ate his with a mixed berry topping, I ate mine with caramel sauce. Both were delicious. Beyond delicious. As I said before, out of this world.
Cheesecake heaven!
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Japanese Cheesecake
Ingredients
- 3 eggs separated
- 3 tbsp butter unsalted
- 10.5 oz cream cheese
- 1 tbsp sugar
- 1 tbsp cornstarch
- 2/3 cup milk
- 1/4 cup sugar
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 F degrees. Prepare a springform pan with parchment paper.
- Put the egg whites into the freezer so it just begins to freeze around the edges.
- In a large bowl, melt the butter and cream cheese over a double boiler and whisk well to combine.
- In another bowl mix the egg yolks, 1 tbsp sugar and cornstarch. Mix well and set aside.
- Heat the milk so it comes to a boil. Add it to the egg yolks and whisk until it thickens in a double boiler over boiling water. Add this mixture to the cream cheese and combine well.
- Add a small amount of the 1/4 cup of sugar to the egg whites and mix on medium low speed for about 2 minutes. Gradually add the remaining sugar to the egg whites and beat on medium until a soft meringue forms.
- Add ¼ of the meringue to the cream cheese mixture and combine. Add the remaining meringue to the cream cheese mixture and fold to combine. Fill the cake pan and smooth the top.
- Put the cake pan in a roasting pan and add boiling water so it comes up 1/2 inch up the cake pan. Bake for 15 minutes and then lower the temperature to 300°F and continue to bake for 25 minutes until the top turns slightly golden. Turn off the oven and leave the cake pan for another 40 minutes to an hour.
- Take the cake out of the roasting dish and place on a wire rack to cool completely. Refrigerate and chill completely before taking it out of the pan. It is best served the second day.
Diana says
January 28, 2014 at 5:42 pmI made this and added 1 T. green tea powder to the batter. It’s very nice and needs no topping this way.
Judy says
October 11, 2013 at 3:06 pmThat sounds delicious. One of my grandson’s doesn’t like cheese cake. Can you believe that?
jo says
October 12, 2013 at 5:00 amSilly boy!
Jeannie King Furr says
October 3, 2013 at 2:17 pmI don’t have experience making cheesecakes. When you say to prepare the pan with parchment paper, exactly what am I supposed to do? Thanks for the help! This looks so amazing and I like that it has very little sugar and no crust.
jo says
October 4, 2013 at 7:37 amHi Jeannie,
You’re supposed to cut out a piece of parchment paper round that fits at the bottom of the cake pan.
Jenny says
March 31, 2013 at 10:53 pmI’ve made this 5x since coming across this recipe earlier this year 😀
My mum loves it so much haha.
Dana says
January 19, 2013 at 4:08 amMaking this right now. Can’t wait to try it!
Jen says
December 12, 2012 at 8:41 amWow!
What an awesome cheesecake. I was going to make the below version but I think I will attempt your version instead.
http://www.wascene.com/food-drink/new-york-cheesecake-recipe/
Many thanks,
Jen
shoop exhale says
December 11, 2012 at 8:14 pmI made this yesterday and everybody just loved it. Amazingly delicious! Thank you very much for posting this recipe.
jo says
December 11, 2012 at 10:43 pmYou’re welcome. 🙂
Nancy/SpcicieFoodie says
December 10, 2012 at 11:51 pmYou started your post off exactly how I feel. 🙂 The light and airiness is why I want to give it a try. Thanks so much for sharing this!
jo says
December 11, 2012 at 12:22 amYou’re welcome Nancy, I hope you try it. 🙂
Alex says
December 5, 2012 at 11:20 pmOK Your description and pictures have put this to the top of my “to make” list! I never normally comment but this does look the queen of cheesecakes!
jo says
December 6, 2012 at 12:14 amThanks Alex, let me know if you do make it and how you like it. 🙂
Lily Sheng says
December 5, 2012 at 6:45 pmI’ve seen various Japanese cheesecake recipes calling for some flour, but yours didn’t, how interesting!
jo says
December 5, 2012 at 8:16 pmYep, no flour just a bit of cornstarch. 🙂